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When I'm 64

A Double Haibun

By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred Published 4 years ago • Updated 4 years ago • 1 min read
When I'm LSIV

I am going to do this as a double Haibun which is a prose poem followed by a Haiku

My prose poem is just descriptive prose , so here goes , Oh and a Haiku doesn't have to rhyme.

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On Friday I turn 64 , I never expected to get there. Not because I expected to vacate this earthly plane , I just didn’t expect to get there.. My mental age is still 15 but my physical age would be 64.

They say you grow old when you stop playing , well I never have stopped playing.. Of course you know the Beatles song sung by Ringo, but this will be a different set of words.

Sixty Four Years On

I Still Feel I Am Fifteen

My Life Is Perfect

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I always love to talk to people and am always there to hold a friends have and let them lean and cry on my shoulder.

Love, support and encouragement is something we should appreciate from others and pass forward to others.

I do feel I am cheating here and a Haiku is very short , doesn't have to rhyme just conform to the correct 5 syllable , 7 syllable , 5 syllable format

A Haiku Writer

Has It Easy When He Is

Sixty Four Years Old

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Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred

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